AI Server Power Density Triggers Global Data Center Power and Cooling Overhaul
Rising AI server power density is compelling data‑center operators worldwide to adopt centralized, higher‑voltage (400V‑800V DC) power distribution and upgraded cooling architectures. The shift promises greater energy efficiency but creates new challenges for suppliers, investors, and carbon‑reduction goals.
EU Revives Renewables and Nuclear After €22 Bn Surge in Fossil Fuel Bills
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a €22 bn (≈$23.5 bn) jump in fossil‑fuel import bills after the Strait of Hormuz closure, prompting EU governments to fast‑track renewables and nuclear projects. An emergency package unveiled on April 22 adds coordinated gas...
Speed to Power: How Developers Are Restructuring for AI Demand
Developers of AI‑driven data centers are abandoning pure scale‑first designs in favor of a "speed to power" approach, prioritizing rapid access to electricity over sheer capacity. With global data‑center electricity demand projected to triple by 2029, grid constraints and interconnection...
Wind Energy CEO Says Company ‘Must Adapt’ as Trump Offers $2 Billion to Kill Offshore Wind Projects
The Trump administration has agreed to pay nearly $2 billion to offshore wind developers—including $885 million to Bluepoint Wind and Golden State Wind and a $1 billion refund to TotalEnergies—to abandon their U.S. leases and redirect investment into fossil‑fuel projects. Companies such as...
EU ETS Benchmarks Largely Unchanged in Latest Update
The European Commission presented preliminary EU ETS benchmark values for 2026‑2030, with only five of the 54 sector metrics adjusted from the April draft. Phenol and acetone saw the biggest proportional increase at 26.6%, yet remain below 2021‑25 levels, while...
Democrats Investigate as Trump OKs Almost $2 Billion in Taxpayer Money to End Offshore Wind Projects
President Donald Trump has approved nearly $2 billion in federal funds to terminate existing offshore wind contracts, effectively halting projects slated for the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. The move follows a broader administration push to prioritize fossil fuels and reduce clean‑energy...
The Rural Data Center Boom Comes Into Focus: Challenges and Opportunities
The U.S. data‑center build‑out is rapidly shifting to rural locations, with 67% of planned facilities now slated for non‑urban sites. Power availability and inexpensive land are eclipsing traditional latency‑centric siting, positioning regions like Texas to outpace historic hubs such as...
Enerflo Integrates Residential Solar Operating System with Solargraf Design Tool
Enerflo has integrated Enphase’s Solargraf design platform into its residential solar operating system, creating a single workflow for design, proposal, and permitting. The AI‑driven 3D design tool now syncs directly with Enerflo, eliminating manual data entry and tool switching. Sales...
Presidio Of San Francisco Receives Five Battery-Electric Buses For Shuttle Fleet
The Presidio Trust has introduced five battery‑electric buses to its free Presidio GO shuttle fleet, part of the broader Presidio Forward infrastructure upgrades. The low‑floor electric shuttles improve accessibility for wheelchair users and families with strollers while reducing maintenance costs and...
Offshore Wind Lease Buyouts Create Troubling Precedent, Say Former DOI Officials
The U.S. Interior Department has agreed to reimburse developers of four offshore wind leases—about 8.6 GW of potential capacity—with $1.8 billion, provided the companies invest an equal amount in U.S. oil, gas or LNG projects. Former DOI officials argue the arrangement lacks...
'Green' Cryptocurrency Uses 18 Times More Energy than Makers Claim
Chia Network, a cryptocurrency billed as a green alternative to Bitcoin, has been found to consume roughly 18 times more electricity than the company originally claimed. The protocol relies on proof‑of‑space‑and‑time, using idle hard‑disk capacity instead of Bitcoin’s energy‑hungry proof‑of‑work...
Yozma IN 10 Electric Mini Dirt Bike at Exclusive New $999 Low, EcoFlow Sale Drops DELTA 3 Plus to $599,...
Green Deals highlighted an exclusive $999 price for the Yozma IN 10 off‑road electric mini dirt bike, slashing the $1,799 MSRP by $800. EcoFlow’s outdoor power sale cut the DELTA 3 Plus portable power station to $599, a 25% discount, while Anker offered...
Silicon Ranch Debuts Cattle-Friendly Solar Tracker Technology in Tennessee
Silicon Ranch launched its patented CattleTracker agrivoltaics platform at the Christiana Solar Ranch in Tennessee, creating the first commercial solar farm that safely accommodates beef cattle grazing. The system features solar trackers that shift into a grazing mode, allowing livestock...
SEIA: Local Solar Bans Threaten the Economic Survival of Family Farms
Family farms facing rising input costs and volatile commodity prices are turning to solar leasing as a reliable "third crop," with many earning $1,000 per acre or more. The Solar Energy Industries Association notes that solar now occupies only about...
Ameresco Completes Two Solar Projects for Maryland School District
Ameresco has completed two rooftop solar installations for Montgomery County Public Schools, installing a 558.14‑kW system at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School and a 244.26‑kW system at Germantown Elementary. The projects are part of a $23 million energy‑savings performance...
Singapore, Philippines Tighten Article 6 Co-Operation
Singapore and the Philippines have signed an Article 6 implementation agreement, establishing the first legal framework for bilateral carbon‑credit transfers for the Philippines under the Paris Agreement. The deal allows credits to be counted toward Singapore’s domestic carbon tax, its international...
Climate Tech Startup Voltpost Nabs DC Grant to Expand Public EV Charging: Exclusive
Voltpost, a climate‑tech startup that retrofits existing utility poles with level‑2 EV chargers, secured a $609,500 grant from the District of Columbia. The funding will enable the deployment of up to 16 pole‑mounted charging stations across the city, targeting underserved...
Compass Datacenters Abandons $10B Virginia Data Center After Community Pushback
Compass Datacenters and its backer Brookfield Asset Management have scrapped the 2,100‑acre Digital Gateway data‑center project in Prince William County, Virginia, citing legal and regulatory hurdles driven by resident opposition. The cancellation halts a plan that would have added roughly...
IBM Unveils Envizi Emissions API to Embed GHG Calculations in DevOps Pipelines
IBM announced the general availability of its Envizi Emissions API, a tool that integrates GHG Protocol‑aligned emissions calculations into existing software, CI/CD pipelines and monitoring systems. The API draws on IBM’s Envizi ESG Suite to deliver real‑time, traceable Scope 1‑3 data...
Radisson Unveils First Verified Net‑Zero Hotels and AI‑Powered Group Booking System
Radisson Hotel Group opened its first Verified Net‑Zero properties in Manchester and Oslo and announced a partnership with AI firm hivr.ai to eliminate manual group rooming lists. The moves aim to accelerate decarbonisation across the portfolio while cutting back‑office errors...
Weaker Winds Spur Fossil Fuel Power Rise in China’s Q1 2026 Grid
China’s power grid recorded a 3.7% increase in thermal generation in the first quarter of 2026 after a 13% drop in wind speeds, reversing recent renewable growth. Analysts link the shift to weather variability, grid constraints and rising curtailments, raising...
Topsoe From Denmark Supports U.S. Projects for the Production of Alternative Aviation Fuels
Danish catalyst specialist Topsoe is teaming with Abundia Global Impact Group to build three waste‑to‑fuel plants in Texas that will convert municipal and industrial plastic waste into sustainable aviation fuel, diesel and chemical feedstocks. Each HydroFlex® facility is designed for...
This Mysterious Process Sucks Electricity Directly From Its Environment
A February 2026 study in *Newton* reports that bismuth telluride exhibits a room‑temperature non‑linear Hall effect (NLHE), enabling direct conversion of ambient electrical signals into usable current. The researchers describe the process as ultrafast and efficient, but note that the generated...
Congress Should Fix the Nuclear Investment Tax Credit
Bipartisan Representatives Pat Harrigan and Jimmy Panetta introduced HR 8482, the Nuclear Rate Stabilization Act, to let regulated utilities claim the full nuclear investment tax credit upfront instead of spreading it over a plant’s operational life. The current credit, worth 30‑50%...
Türkiye’s COP31 Presidency and IEA Join Forces on Clean Energy Push
Türkiye’s COP31 presidency has forged a strategic partnership with the International Energy Agency to accelerate the global clean‑energy transition amid the Iran‑Russia war‑driven energy crisis. The alliance will focus on energy security, large‑scale electrification, green industrialisation, clean cooking for 2.3 billion...
Boomtown Levels up Hydrogen-Powered Stage Offering
Boomtown is debuting HYDRO XL, a 20,000‑capacity main stage powered entirely by green hydrogen, marking a 150% increase over last year’s 8,000‑person HYDRO stage. The upgrade is enabled by a partnership with renewable‑energy firm GeoPura, which supplies self‑charging battery systems...
2.9-MW Carport Project Completed at El Paso International Airport
Big Sun Solar finished two solar‑powered carports at El Paso International Airport, delivering a combined 2.9 MW of clean electricity. The structures shelter the rental‑car and premium‑parking lots while feeding power into the airport’s grid. Federal support covered the bulk of the...
Senators Vow to Block Permitting Reform over Trump’s Renewables Obstruction
Senators on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee warned Interior Secretary Doug Burgum that they will block bipartisan permitting reform unless the department stops "slow‑walking" renewable energy permits. The threat follows a federal judge’s preliminary injunction halting Interior’s pause on...
Renewable Developer Looks to Australian Outback for 10 Gigawatts of Wind, Solar and Battery Projects
Tilt Renewables is scouting the Australian Outback for up to 10 GW of new wind and solar projects, building on its existing 250 MW of assets near Broken Hill. The developer highlights the region’s strong wind and solar resources but stresses that...
Ameresco Releases 2025 Impact Report
Ameresco released its 2025 Impact Report marking 25 years of sustainable energy solutions. The report highlights progress across its People, Planet and Policy pillars, noting that 18 million metric tons of CO₂ were avoided in 2025 through owned assets and customer...
OOCL Orders 12 LNG Dual-Fuel Container Ships to Advance Green Fleet Strategy
OOCL has placed an order for twelve 13,600‑TEU container vessels equipped with LNG dual‑fuel engines, the first such ships in its fleet. The contracts were signed with Hudong‑Zhonghua Shipbuilding on 29 April 2026. The newbuilds aim to meet tightening emissions regulations, expand...
FirstEnergy Opposes Key Part of PJM Data Center Backstop Procurement Plan
FirstEnergy publicly opposed PJM Interconnection’s proposed Reliability Backstop Procurement auction, arguing that the two‑phase process places PJM and distribution companies as unnecessary intermediaries between data‑center developers and end‑use customers. The utility wants any network upgrades serving large loads to be...
LS Electric Lands $220 Million Bloom Energy Deal to Power AI‑driven Data Centers
LS Electric announced a $220 million distribution‑solutions agreement with Bloom Energy to supply switchgear and transformers for a hyperscale data center in New Mexico. The deal expands LS Electric’s North American footprint amid soaring AI‑driven data‑center demand, following a record‑breaking first‑quarter...
AI Token Surge Powers Qingyang’s Green Computing Hub, Sparking Energy‑Use Debate
A massive rise in AI token calls has accelerated investment in Qingyang’s western computing hub, where green power now supplies about 55% of electricity. The expansion promises low‑cost, climate‑friendly compute but raises questions about the overall energy footprint of China’s...
Experts Warn: Nuclear's US Future Remains Uncertain
There’s no shortage of cheerleading about the future of #nuclear energy in the US. That’s why I was pleased to sit down on April 9 at SMU’s Energy Outlook 2026 with Jim Burke and Ray Rothrock. (Sincere thanks to my friends at...
China Tests Truck‑mounted Nuclear Power for AI Data Centers
Truck-mounted nuclear ‘power bank’ enters testing as China explores portable reactors capable of running AI data centers. https://t.co/rFt1tElfKe
Australia’s Battery Fleet Triples Load‑Shifting as 4.4 GW BESS Comes Online in Q1 2026
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) said the National Electricity Market added 4,445 MW of large‑scale battery storage in Q1 2026, pushing average discharge to 359 MW – more than three times the level a year earlier. The expansion lifted battery‑set prices to...
Private Data Centers Near $1T Spend, Outpacing Historic Projects
Data center spending is hitting nearly $1 trillion by the end of this year. In 6 years. Compare: Apollo spent $257B over 14 years. Interstate highways spent $620B over 37 years. Manhattan Project spent $36B over 5 years. And those were all...
Critical Mineral Mining Creates Sacrifice Zones for Poor
The AI and clean energy boom has a hidden cost. The rush to mine critical minerals is creating “sacrifice zones,” with environmental and health impacts falling disproportionately on poorer communities. It exposes a deeper tension. The technologies shaping the future can carry...
EcoMedia Solutions Unveils EcoMeter to Quantify Carbon Footprint of Ad Campaigns
EcoMedia Solutions introduced EcoMeter, a new platform that lets advertisers, agencies and event planners calculate the carbon emissions of campaigns with activity‑based data. Built on the company’s EMS platform, the tool promises more accurate reporting and greener media choices as...
Carbon Removal Is Stuck in Low Earth Orbit. Here's How We Get Out.
In this episode of The Carbon Curve, host Naeem Merchant talks with Dr. Julio Friedman, chief scientist at Carbon Direct, about the sector’s transition from “CDR 1.0” to “CDR 2.0.” Friedman explains that carbon‑removal projects are stuck in a low‑Earth‑orbit...
Power Corner: Renesas’s Grid-to-Core Strategy for 800 V Data Center Power Architecture
Renesas is promoting a grid‑to‑core power architecture that moves data‑center power delivery from traditional side‑car racks to a unified 800 V DC bus using solid‑state transformers. The approach combines GaN‑based Vienna rectifiers, an LLC DCX isolated DC‑DC platform, and matrix transformers...
Fastmarkets Launches European Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) FOB Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp Outright and Premium Prices: Pricing Notice
Fastmarkets has introduced a suite of eight new price assessments for European hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) FOB Amsterdam‑Rotterdam‑Antwerp, covering outright, premium‑to‑ULSD and gross‑margin spreads across four feedstock categories (crop, used cooking oil, tallow and palm‑oil‑mill effluent). The launch coincides with...
Canada Positioned for $200B Clean Energy Boom, but Faster Approvals Needed: Report
Canada could capture roughly $146 billion USD in clean‑energy investments over the next decade, according to a Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) report. The analysis projects a need for 54‑88 GW of new wind, solar and storage capacity—more than triple current levels—requiring...
Microsoft AI Surge Exposes Data Center Capacity Gap
Microsoft reported a 40% year‑over‑year Azure revenue surge and a $37 billion AI run rate, while its commercial remaining performance obligations ballooned 99% to $627 billion. The rapid AI‑driven demand is outpacing the company’s ability to provision power, cooling and physical capacity,...
Belgium to Nationalize All Nuclear Reactors, Stop Decommissioning
Belgium plans to nationalize all the country's nuclear power reactors, and says that plans to decommission the plants are now "halted with immediate effect."
Solar-Assisted Air-Source Heat Pump for Radiant Floor Heating
Researchers at the University of Calgary have modeled an air‑source heat pump (ASHP) combined with an air‑based solar collector (SAC) to supply radiant floor heating in a typical Calgary bungalow. The hybrid system, simulated in TRNSYS, raised the coefficient of...
India’s Solar Generation Rose 24% YoY in Q4 FY26: Report
India’s solar generation surged 24% year‑on‑year to 48.9 BU in Q4 FY26, pushing total electricity output up 3% to 464 BU. Peak demand hit a record 256 GW, with 88 of 90 days seeing the highest load during daylight hours, aligning demand with...
Mission 300 Partners Scale Finance to Electr
Mission 300, the initiative to electrify 300 million people by 2030 is underway. @WorldBankGroup @AfDB_Group @SEforALLorg @RockefellerFdn & @EnergyAlliance are partnering with governments & key stakeholders to scale finance and close #energyaccess gaps. https://t.co/pRD9VwwERF https://t.co/kPN48yxtdl
Montréal’s Deep Sky Partners with French Energy Company ENGIE
Montréal‑based carbon removal firm Deep Sky announced a strategic partnership with French energy multinational ENGIE. Under the deal, ENGIE will buy up to 15,000 direct‑air‑capture (DAC) removal credits generated at facilities such as Deep Sky Alpha in Alberta, a project...